Kilbrittain Village View Traditional Cache
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Kilbrittain or Killbrittain (Irish: Cill Briotáin, meaning "Britton's church")[1] is the name of a village, townland and parish in County Cork, Ireland. The village lies about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Bandon, and near Clonakilty and Kinsale. The coastal route around the edge of the parish is the R600 road. The village itself is around 1 mile (1.6 km) inland from the coast
Kilbrittain village in the county of Cork, Ireland, nestled in a sheltered valley about five miles south of Bandon, is the centre of an area that has inherited a rich variety of historical sites and monuments in varying states of preservation. The Archaeological Inventory - West Cork lists several interesting sites in the surrounding townlands, among others it includes: ringforts in Bawnea, Artiteige, Coolmain and Garryndruig; Anglo-Norman moated sites in Ballynascubbig, Baurleigh, Garryndruig and Kilgobbin; churches/graveyards in Kilbrittain, Kilgobbin, Farranagark and Currarane; holy wells in Burren, Farranagark and Kilbrittain; a mass rock in Barleyfield; several fulachta fiadh at Garryndruig; standing stones, a coastal fort, a castle, a tower house, a corn mill, the list goes on. The cache is hidden just off the woodland walk which runs behind the village. The shortest way to the hide is to access the woods from the top of the GAA grounds but if you have time, park at Kilbrittain woods car park and complete the circular woodlands walk ,It's a nice way spend a couple of hours , trying to find the other caches in the area along its route as you take in the views of the valley and castle along the way.
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Va gur urneg bs gur ovttrfg lbh pna frr.
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